Garment-waist adjuster.



A. K. HUR$T.

GARMENT WAIST ADJUSTER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN.7,1911.

Patented 0ct.21,1913.

ATTORNEY ALBERT K. HURST, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

GARMENT-WAIST ADJUSTER.

Application filed January 7, 1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21,1913.

Serial No. 601,339.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT K. HURST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Waist Adjusters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment waist adjusters, and relates more particularly to certain improvements upon the device covered by the applicants Patent No. 1,012,083, filed December 17th, 1910 under Serial Number 597,7 61. Its object is to provide a device to be attached to the waist of a pair of trousers or a skirt, which will permit the circumference of the waist to be readily adjusted so that the garment will at all times fit perfectly.

' A further object is to eliminate the necessity of using a belt or suspenders in connection with a pair of trousers by causing the garment to fit so perfectly at the waist that it will be sustained by the hips of the wearer.

The specific improvement over the device covered in the application above mentioned consists in making the hooked arm G shown in the drawings of said patent adjustable in length, whereby thehook will not bind in the eye and always be kept equidistant from the pivot point. This is useful when the 7 said adjuster is used between two heavy pieces of cloth.

Finally the object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which will be strong, simple, durable and efficient, and comparatively easy to construct, and one that cannot work or pull loose from its various positions of adjustment.

With these and various other objects in View, my invention has relation to certain novel features of the construction and operation an example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing a sufficient portion of the waist of a garment to make clear the manner of attaching the herein described device, the outer surface of the garment being shown. Fig. 2 is a view showing the device attached to a similar portion of a garment, the inner face being shown, or

that portion which comes adjacent to the body of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing how the device may be employed to fasten the aperture at the rear of a skirt, and showing also how it may be employed to secure the lower rear portion of a waist to prevent upward displacement of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like letters of reference designate similar parts in all the figures, the letter A denotes the waist portion of a garment, which garment may be either a pair of trousers or a skirt. A slit or aperture 13 is provided in the garment extending downwardly from the waist line thereof. This slit will preferably be located at one side of the garment, a similar slit being provided at the other side which will be used in conjunction with a. similar attachment. One of the pivotally connected members which oompose the device consists of two integral arms.

C and D. This member is to be mounted upon the outer surface of the garment at the rear of the slit B. The longer vertical arm C is positioned adjacent to the edge of the slit and the shorter arm D is provided with an angle in its lower portion, which makes the greater part of its length radial with the lower extremity of the arm 0.

Each of the arms 0 and D are provided with an offset or raised portion E equidistant from the lower extremity of the arm C, V

and each arm is also provided with a plurality of perforations F through which are passed the stitches fastening the arms to the garment. The other member of the device consists of a two-part arm adjustable in length, the parts being denoted by the letters G and H, respectively. This member is attached to the inner face of the garment at the front of the slit B, and its lower extremity has pivotal connection with the lower extremity of the arm G, both members terminating just below the bottom of the slit. The upper extremity of the part G is provided with a pair of lugs J which are curved around the arm H and serve to guide the same. In a similar manner the part G is guided by a pair of lugs J carried upon the lower extremity of the part H. By this arrangement the parts G and H are constantly held in longitudinal alinement wise, so that the length of the two part arm may be varied. The outermost member H of the two-part arm is provided with a hook K which hook is adapted to engage either of the offsets E. When the hook K engages the offset E of the vertical arm C the waist of the garment will have its natural circumference. In order to reduce this circumference the member formed by the parts G and H will be swung about its lower extremity and the hook K will be made to engage the offset portion E of the arm D. The parts G and H are also provided wit-h perforations F through which stitches may be passed to secure these parts to the garment.

A special form of connection is employed between the two component members of the device, the lower extremity of each member being given a circular shape and provided with a slit extending to the center. The slit portion is slightly raised on one member and slightly lowered on the other so that 'two hooks L are thus formed which are adapted to engage. each other. In the center of each circular lower portion is a small aperture M through which a stitch may be passed after the device has been aflixed' to the garment. This type of pivotal connection is employed, in order that the two component members may be separately secured to the garment, a connection between the two being established later. Thiswill'make it less awkward to sew the device in place and also will facilitate the work of turning them out in quantities, since one workman may be attaching one member to a quantity of garments while another workman is securing the other member to other garments.

In Fig. 3 the lower rear portion of a waist is shown from which a loop 0 of flexible material is extended downwardly. This loop may be made to engage the hook K as shown in Fig. 3 and after said hook has been made to engage either of the offsets E the loop will be securely held and will effectually prevent upward displacement of the waist.

By making the two-part arm consisting ofthe parts G and H adjustable in length, the waistline of the garment may be kept approximately the same whether its circumference be normal or reduced by means of the above described device and proper engagement of the hook K with the offsets E is permitted without twisting the parts or causing mutilation and especially where the parts are hidden from sight between two heavy pieces of cloth but in the present instance, the arm can beadjusted so that the hook can be readily slipped beneaththe 03- sets without binding thereto. The use ofthe attachment does not, therefore in any way detract from the good appearance of the garment.

An important advantage of this invention lies in the fact that it not only reduces the waist of a garment causing the latter to fit closely to the wearer, but also exerts a tension upon that portion of the garment which coversthe stomach or seat. A pair of trousers will thus be made to fit so accurately to the form that no accessories will be required to hold them in position. An important economy is thus accomplished by doing away with suspenders, belts, belt straps, bucklesand Suspender buttons.

It is to beobserved that other means of attachment may be used equally well with those shown in thedrawing. Thus for example the two members of the devicemight be secured to the garment by means of rivets, or they might be held in place by providing them with a plurality of lugs which could be passed through the garment and pressed down. Also a rivet might be employed to establish the necessary pivotal connection between the lower extremities of the two component members of the invention. 7

The amount of adjustment afforded for either a skirt or a pair of trousers will de= pend largely upon the size of the device. When the invention is designed. for use upon a skirt, the upright arms consisting of parts i the opening in the back of the waist portion of the skirt. By means of this attachment, a garment is held in the variouspositions of adjustment so firmly that'thereis no possibility of a jerk or an abrupt movement causing the clasp to loosen.

Instead of using one of these adjusters each side of a skirt, one may beused at-the back thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. In this case a placket may be used to good advantags in conjunction withthe invention, since will be no necessity of having a placket at this'will' assist in holding the 'placket firmly closed. i

'VVhat I claim is :f V

In a placket closure, a keeper member having an offset arm and also having provision for attachment to a garment, a hook member pivoted at its lower end on the lower end of the keeper member and having provision for attachment to a garment and also arranged to. swing over the face of the keeper member and its arm, keeper offsets, one arranged at the upper end ofthe keeper I member and one arranged on the ofisetarm of the keeper member, said offsets being diseposedradially with relation to the center of the pivot between the two members and name to this specification in the presence also beiing eqiii-distaaithfrolm said pivotfcenof two subscribing Witnesses. ter, an an e ongate o0: extendin rom the hook member disposed to engage either ALBERT BURST 5 of the keeper oifsets, said hook being ad- Witnesses:

justable longitudinally of the hook member. J. S. MURRAY, In testimony whereof I have signed my H. T. PERO.

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